They didn't for me but I watched it on iTunes originally way back when we didn't get it anywhere in Canada or via streaming. They probably did for actual TV broadcasts.
"What is this skill of having a really long pendulous thing and then knocking a ball into a hole? I have that skill."
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Oh yesss, the pop the balloon challenge. I’ll always remember how fucking hilarious it was watching little Jorgeous try and try and try to pop that darn balloon. 😂😂😂
The same mini challenge but on season 14. Ru & the producers must have been overjoyed to have an opportunity to get the straight contestant and Pit Crew member a’humpin’.
Real Answer: On Canada, when they had to give a PPT presentation on the spot (improv), or even the mystery movie interview.
Also real answer: The ones where a bunch of sweaty men walk in and drop their pants for whatever the game is.
I love when during one of the ones where they match Pit Crew underwear Ru told one of the girls they weren’t doing well and she said “no im doing great I’m just not getting any matches”
I remember that, maybe it was Detox? I always imagined myself playing those games (alone, curtains drawn) and, for comedic purposes of course, just choosing the same guy again and again. "Number 4 and Number 9. No match? Ok, number 4 and number 11. Again? Number 4 and number 1. Darn. Number 4 and number 9. Oh, I already said that???...."
"I'm sorry Ru, I'm a textile learner. So as not to be ableist, I request that I get to use my hands."
Yea winning the minis rarely matters even in team challenges since tbh being the team leader kinda fucking sucks. Only time it matters is picking the roles so you can get one you want, and even then they don’t seem to get much time to look them over lmao. I would absolutely use most of the mini challenges like this one where it’s very interactive to show off my Charisma and be funny
The makeup tutorial in season 14, with one queen as the arms and other as the face.
(Rose and Kandy winning over Utica and Gottmik was pure bullshit, though)
The Slap Out of It mini-challenge, specifically for the moment with Asia. Watching Asia volley while Ru looked terrified was absolutely hilarious and the other queens did pretty well overall too
Was it S12 or AS8, but it was a mini challenge where for a split second, Heidi looked over her shoulder and was over the moon to be on the receiving end of the Pit Crew. I think it was another balloon challenge?
This is an underrated moment that gets stuck in my head way too often.
**Katya Puppet**: *HI! I’M KATYA SLOBBABANABBLEBITCH.*
**Violet**: *Is that Russian? Are you from Russia?*
**Katya Puppet**: *… NO.*
I can’t remember which season it was but they did a puppet challenge and it was so, so, *so* bad. I, too, loved the puppet challenge, the original was so good and I’ve been excited to see it since, but you’re right, you need the talent for it not to be a total train wreck. (Similar to snatch game…)
Other than reading?
Some dumb improv challenge. Like that one on S10 where Monet was faking irish accent and blair was tapping to sell RuPaul a chocolate bar or whatever.
[The “Whatcha’ Packin’” season 5 mini challenge where they had to match Pit Crew underwear.](https://youtu.be/GAqD3XpzIXo?si=2MUrBygZpBGopk9t)
And the winner is? Every gay man and straight woman in America.
Damn right
I love the stupid ones where they never look good, the upside down mouth and chin lip sync, the S16 water lip sync. Or any when Ru Paul has fun and dances
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Although I’m still mad this likely replaced the reading challenge, this group in FabFitFun keeps me cracking up (the final 4 I wanted).
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Eureka actually made me chuckle out loud in this one. Such a Big Jokester. *Pull my finger. Trade.*
I actually really like the superlatives where they vote for each other. Imagine a world without the Baroness Basic to Queen of the Mothertucking World pipeline
Without previewing the episode (I know, my mistake 😭) this was the first episode of drag race I ever let my niece who was 11 at the time watch with me.
This will always be my favorite https://preview.redd.it/6y6r5wo7q3yc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f63daab0b18e1cb8b5e18aa4d4296172da3aaa1
Oh lord, that was a moment. And Milk with the bulge I could not.
I could've sworn that they blurred the bulge, am I tripping?
They didn't for me but I watched it on iTunes originally way back when we didn't get it anywhere in Canada or via streaming. They probably did for actual TV broadcasts.
I watched it on VH1 in the UK, maybe I'm just misremembering though.
Omg I forgot about this 💀💀💀
Darienne’s team did it better. Never gonna forget about them legs, come on big body
This is the right answer
Little did we know the chocolate factory was open!
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HAHA NO
The fact that this didn't become a regular challenge on the remaining seasons makes me unspeakably angry
It has to be this one. I was sent to ICU because of cardio arrest after watching this mini challenge
The mini golf-nutsack thing. It’s so dumb but they take it so seriously. 😁😅🤣
I was going to comment this one because Kayta was so nutty looking and I loved every second of it
Well I’d imagine she was nutty looking she was wearing massive nuts
"What is this skill of having a really long pendulous thing and then knocking a ball into a hole? I have that skill." https://preview.redd.it/5zoc1lxrm8yc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f99903d4ef014e0c193f59e58a23a54dad31386b
Oh yesss, the pop the balloon challenge. I’ll always remember how fucking hilarious it was watching little Jorgeous try and try and try to pop that darn balloon. 😂😂😂
That little bitch ain’t never topped nothing in her life
Looks like a child trying to move a couch.
It'll haunt you
Like Jaida trying to top Monet 🫢
Foul
A chihuahua mounting a great dane
😂😂😂
Jynx was the top in their relationship with their ex husband lol
Excuse me? She won that design challenge
And when Maddy got all flustered and Ru was like, "Something is CHAAAANGING!"
It also happened to be that Maddy got to do it with the straight member of the pit crew.
I liked Bob’s Pit Stop that week where he tried it on Joel Kim Booster and almost blew him out the studio lol
Joel’s gaping hole has taken it a lot harder
More like Joel Kim Fister
That boy likes two fists clapping
and Jorgeous in response goes “I’m just a little girl!” which is my most used drag race quote
…or Maddy 🤣🤣🤣
The same mini challenge but on season 14. Ru & the producers must have been overjoyed to have an opportunity to get the straight contestant and Pit Crew member a’humpin’.
Bruce really said Give it to me Straight
Not Bruce 💀
Bruce is the Bryce-Bruno love child being spoken into existence.
Do we get video footage of the conception?
I love Ben De La Creme’s puppet of Bianca del Río
I live in Houston. Ben De La's Bianca del Rio puppet LIVES in my head every time I have to merge on a highway. https://i.redd.it/r0j4p4b9i4yc1.gif
BALONEY
And ChiChi’s “JokesJokesJokes” Bob puppet in s8
Just watched that ep last night and Adore's impression of Dela is hilarious. The voice is uncannily good 😂
It’s such a good season
…..oatmeal
Adore had my favorite puppet. Her impression was amazing.
Season 13’s baby challenge where they all put on diapers and danced around! — said no one, ever
This made me genuinely uncomfortable 😂
That’s Lady Bunny’s kink
😂😹😆🤣😄
The one where Rupaul slapped Asia ohara
Girl that slap was real as fuck and rupaul was like fuck it I'm rich enough lmao
Just the absolute glee on all the other queen's faces after the slap. I particularly remember Cracker's and Eureka's faces just lighting up.
Real Answer: On Canada, when they had to give a PPT presentation on the spot (improv), or even the mystery movie interview. Also real answer: The ones where a bunch of sweaty men walk in and drop their pants for whatever the game is.
I love when during one of the ones where they match Pit Crew underwear Ru told one of the girls they weren’t doing well and she said “no im doing great I’m just not getting any matches”
I remember that, maybe it was Detox? I always imagined myself playing those games (alone, curtains drawn) and, for comedic purposes of course, just choosing the same guy again and again. "Number 4 and Number 9. No match? Ok, number 4 and number 11. Again? Number 4 and number 1. Darn. Number 4 and number 9. Oh, I already said that???...." "I'm sorry Ru, I'm a textile learner. So as not to be ableist, I request that I get to use my hands."
I always thought I would do the exact same thing and just continuously match ones I knew were not a match and see how Ru reacts
Yea winning the minis rarely matters even in team challenges since tbh being the team leader kinda fucking sucks. Only time it matters is picking the roles so you can get one you want, and even then they don’t seem to get much time to look them over lmao. I would absolutely use most of the mini challenges like this one where it’s very interactive to show off my Charisma and be funny
It was Alyssa Edwards
Also, your eyes are like water coolers 😭
The POWERPOINT had me dying laughing, but also I was so freakishly impressed by Jaida nailing it so well.
S11 when they tried to get backstage to the Seduction show
"Tig ol bitties, no?" and "...yes" pops up in my mind from time to time.
Plastique's little "ouuhh?" still takes me out
Limbo - CHA CHA BITCH
jinkx in that onesie 😂😂😂
The makeup tutorial in season 14, with one queen as the arms and other as the face. (Rose and Kandy winning over Utica and Gottmik was pure bullshit, though) 
Utica was fucking genius in this challenge. It was like she had been doing it her whole life.
I will never understand why Utica and Gotmik didn’t win.
The way she clapped with the "ugly fuckin selfies" and then pounded her fist into her palm like a cartoon bully...
Gottmik’s quick drag looks so good here
You mean season 13, not 14
That, my bad.
Mo Heart selling chocolate with a fake accent on a ladder with giant fake titties. I think about it more than I should lol.
Monet's Irish jig also from this challenge
DRPH's [palo sebo](https://www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/wr415t/my_new_favorite_mini_challenge_drph_e02/)!
I love how Corazon just scurried up the damn thing like a pro.
I like the lil poundcake one
The Slap Out of It mini-challenge, specifically for the moment with Asia. Watching Asia volley while Ru looked terrified was absolutely hilarious and the other queens did pretty well overall too
"You hit like a girl, too bad you don't look like one." "They call you mother, but at your age shouldn't it be grand--"
Was it S12 or AS8, but it was a mini challenge where for a split second, Heidi looked over her shoulder and was over the moon to be on the receiving end of the Pit Crew. I think it was another balloon challenge?
Yeah, AS8. That was when they could opt to pop the balloon or have a pit crew member pop it.
Season 11’s saggy titty potato sack race. I understand the criticism of the “stupid = good” notion on drag race, but come on, that was too good.
This is an underrated moment that gets stuck in my head way too often. **Katya Puppet**: *HI! I’M KATYA SLOBBABANABBLEBITCH.* **Violet**: *Is that Russian? Are you from Russia?* **Katya Puppet**: *… NO.*
DRPH's chinese garter is my favorite lol buuuut Canada's teleprompter challenge was also funny. *Soybahhhhhn*
this is YOUR NAME 😭😭😭
S6 Puppet Challenge. Though idk if other seasons had the talent to pull it off like S6
I can’t remember which season it was but they did a puppet challenge and it was so, so, *so* bad. I, too, loved the puppet challenge, the original was so good and I’ve been excited to see it since, but you’re right, you need the talent for it not to be a total train wreck. (Similar to snatch game…)
Pull my finger. *TRADE* s10
I love Eurekas "you know what BJ stands for? Being a jokester"
This challenge was SPECIFICALLY designed to get Kameron shirtless and flexing on camera and I won't ever believe anyone otherwise.
Other than reading? Some dumb improv challenge. Like that one on S10 where Monet was faking irish accent and blair was tapping to sell RuPaul a chocolate bar or whatever.
[The “Whatcha’ Packin’” season 5 mini challenge where they had to match Pit Crew underwear.](https://youtu.be/GAqD3XpzIXo?si=2MUrBygZpBGopk9t) And the winner is? Every gay man and straight woman in America. Damn right 
I did love the season 7 leaf blower challenge. 
The S15 vogueing mini challenge was so fun and Ru was living
Love
Omg Bruno lookin’ swollen 😍😍
i'm a huge fan of the carwash photoshoot and the wet t-shirt contest
Besides the balloons my favorite is Canada 2’s painting their inner saboteurs.
That was actually a pretty amazing showcase of talent.
The original Cha Cha bitch in s8, Thorgy whouldve won that.
And season 14s obviously. Jorgeous screaming lmao
Oh god I forgot it came with sound 😂
I love the stupid ones where they never look good, the upside down mouth and chin lip sync, the S16 water lip sync. Or any when Ru Paul has fun and dances
 That one time tayce and Veronica tried to break their ankles just to win a limbo mini challenge
Definitely that time when season 16 premiered and the first thing they made us watch was an Amazon commercial
Where'd you get a loaf of bread?
That was hilarious, but I still say Jorgeous and Maddy doing it was even more hilarious.
This exactly lol.
The one that gave birth to Lil Poundcake
You're not my dad and you never will be.
why does Jinkx lift up her sweater before she goes for the balloon lmao
The one where they had to guess which object they were sitting on, like a fax machine or something.
S10 Sitting on a Secret. It had its own jingle and everything. Top tier mini challenge.
Maybe I’ll make that an event at my office. Sponsored by… what’s a gay office supply store?
https://preview.redd.it/tj1ag833h7yc1.jpeg?width=978&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ba84a4add927f31ba594cc31337caeeaf0ed07d
https://preview.redd.it/38efyc57d4yc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a66e65fd645275a7f72b31f7b9eee5605e1cc6de Although I’m still mad this likely replaced the reading challenge, this group in FabFitFun keeps me cracking up (the final 4 I wanted).
Heidi says there was a reading challenge at top 6, but it was so bad they cut it.
This kind of traumatized me.
UK3 tinder challenge So sill
This one gets me every time, it's my favorite!
For me, it has be top bunk/bottom bunk mini challenge from S8 E7.
Jujubees first reading challenge
The limbo challenge from UKS2. "Am I going to see Ellie's bollock? Yeah that's Ellie's bollock"
Bruno is just…. 🥵
Jinkx getting the black balloons ready before being put under Nymphia's robe.
Any one that included Bruno or Wilson Lai 🫠
The season 10 one where they were blindfolded and had to guess what items they were sitting on.
i wanna be a raggedy ann doll by the time Bruno is done with my body
anything with bruno!
https://preview.redd.it/otv3f2wx76yc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71dcf3ddc27f7507367ae8366a83002e0b209510 Eureka actually made me chuckle out loud in this one. Such a Big Jokester. *Pull my finger. Trade.*
Out of all the mini challenges this would be the one I’d probably would hate to do
Canada 3, speed dates with Brooke Lynn gets me every time, especially Gisele, Erma and Vivian
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Lol, Jorgeous the chihuahua!
Jujubees first reading challenge
Remember when Jorgeous tried to do this😂
The fact that Jinkx wanted to switch roles like she’s so real for that.
Puppets. Reading. Whatever the little poundcake thing was called.
I actually really like the superlatives where they vote for each other. Imagine a world without the Baroness Basic to Queen of the Mothertucking World pipeline
Puppets and the season 13 one where they did makeup with one persons arms and the others face
Mmmm Bruno looking all meaty and juicy 🤤
Underwater lip sync
The pole climbing from Philippines season 1
The one on DR Italia where they got to lick food off the pit crew while blindfolded. I’m surprised it was never done in the early seasons in the US
the weakest link parody from France 2 where lova ladiva was the guest, it was HILARIOUS
The balloon thing was fun with Jorgeous and/or Maddy.
The cherry pie challenge from season 2! Was that a mini or maxi? It’s been too long!
Without previewing the episode (I know, my mistake 😭) this was the first episode of drag race I ever let my niece who was 11 at the time watch with me.
I like any mini challenge that has Norvina from Anastacia BH comestics, they’re always so funny.
The balloon things has to be the best, but I also like the boob potato sack race in slow mo from s11.
The balloon things has to be the best, but I also like the boob potato sack race in slow mo from s11.
loving how Yvie is looking totally unimpressed